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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyVarietyPons has aimed for a performance-driven drama whose virtues are of the small-scale, low-key variety, with the director working within narrow dramatic limits as always but here doing so brilliantly.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn elegant work, Food of Love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleElusive and compelling.
- 60Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimStevenson's performance is at once clueless and fiercely committed, a volatile combination that pays off in the best scene: the mother of all PFLAG meetings.
- A reserved coming-of-age story that overcomes flat acting and one-dimensional scene-building thanks to its lively plot.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxOnce the excellent Rhys and Corunder are off-screen, the film's overall staginess and the inconsistent work of the supporting cast become glaringly apparent.
- 40Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesTo say the least, the chemistry is lacking; equally unconvincing is the all-British cast’s attempts at American accents.
- 38New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannSome solid performances and pretty scenery don't do much to conceal that there's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale.
- 30L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyCrushingly airless film -- Food chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.